Multiple-capacity spool



Oct. 11, 1949. R, T, HEDFlELD 2,484,090

MULTIPLE-CAPACITY SPOOL Filed Sept. 18, `1946l INVENToR.

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Patented Oct. 11, 1949 UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE 3 Claims.

The present invention relates to a multiplecapacity spool, of the type which is particularly adapted to the reception of new and used iishline.

The present application is a continuation-inpart of my previous application Serial No. 592,015, filed May 4, 1945.

Fish-line, as manufactured and sold, is usually wound upon plain wooden spools having very shallow winding grooves which areusually just deep enough so as to contain the desired length oi line, being so proportioned that the last winding level of the line is substantially flush with the rim of the spool. Inasmuch as these lines are wound mechanicallyby the manufacturer, each turn lies accurately upon the one below it and the line is Very tightly wound, the end being nally fastened to the edge of the spool, so that the entire package presents a pleasing appearance.

When such a line, however, is unwound from its original spool, as for instance upon a casting reel attached to a fishing rod, the spool is usually preserved by the fisherman with the ideaV of furnishing convenient means on which to store the line at the end of the season or whenever it is not in use, particularly if a line of a different weight is to be placed upon the reel. The fisherman soon discovers that it is impossible again to wind all of the line into the shallow groove of the spool provided by the manufacturer. First f all, the average fisherman has no means of accurately tracking the line so that each turn will lie above the other, nor has he the means for putting the line under tension. As a result the line, when rewound upon the original spool, occupies a much larger space, and therefore protrudes beyond the ends of the spool, from which it is hence easily displaced to become entangled and snarled.

Of course spools of different depths are in existence, and it is quite possible that a isherman may have among his outt, say, a spool that had 200 yards of line on it, and another on which may have been only 50 yards of line, and selfevidently he could rewind the 50 yards of line on to the empty 200 yard line spool, but he could not put the 50 yards bank on to the empty spool upon which it carne.

In order to avoid these inconveniences, my invention relates to a spool which, while it has the conventional size and outside appearance, yet is so constructed that, after removal of the line, the spool can be altered so that it will receive, upon rewincling, the entire length of theV line. This is accomplished byy providing spools which have a very deep groove, in any event much deeper than that customarily used, and which is capable of holding quite a large lamount of line when the same is again wound thereon, the

deeper portions of the groove being covered by a temporary spanning-band.

The improved spool of the present invention is preferably made from two corresponding congruent parts, which when interfitted or assembled .provide a preferably cylindrical spool having a deep groove whose internal width is progressively and decrementally diminished by providing a plurality of annular shoulders of progressively smaller diameters, with a deep semi-annular groove at the deepest part of the groove, and with temporary spanning bands on one or more of the said shoulders.

Among the objects of the invention are:

To provide a readily assembled and inexpensive spool which may contain initially a relatively small amount of ltightly wound iish-line, but which, after removal of the line may be readily altered by the user so as to become capable of receiving the same line when wound thereon by hand.

To provide a fish-line spool that can be wound by the manufacturer with a predetermined amount of such line, and give the appearance of a full spool, but which stil1 has ample capacity for re-winding the line thereon after it has been used.A

My invention is illustrated by an accompanying Adrawing in which Fig. 1 is a frontal elevational view, partly in sectionVof a spool having a minimum amount of line thereon;

Fig. 2 .is a similar view of a modication,` showing a larger amount of line thereon;

Y Fig. 3 -is a similar View to Fig. 1, but showing a still larger amount of line thereon;

Fig. 4 is a vertical sectional view of a part of a spool, with a full amount of line wound there- 0n;

Fig. 5 is a vertical sectional view of the spool along line 5 5 of Fig. 2; and

Fig. 6 is a cross section, on a somewhat smaller scale, of the empty spool shown in exploded form and with the parts still unassembled.

One of the outstanding features of the spool of the present invention is the utilization of two similar but interttable or congruent parts which may be formed from any suitable material such as a plastic, or, preferably of metal; particularly of the type which lends itself te a drawing and stamping operation.

The two parts are entirely similar and each consists of a sheet of material which has been stamped for otherwise formedeinto a cylindrical body 'I vvconsisting'of ya circular peripheral flange 8 and a series of annular shoulders 9, III, I I of progressively diminished diameters. is a centrally located semi-annularisgrooveflgz made up of two quarter-annular depressed por-Y tions I3, E4; rThe central portionlf'of ithefrnain body of the spool is in the rform ,of arbarrel .I5

having reinforcing hub members '26, there beingv holes in the'center of each of the halvesofthe' spool through which ja hollow tubular rivet I6 .ispassed. The hub .members greatly..strengthen `the construction, ,-as in abutting fagainst-each fother they provide a trusselikearrangement. that ,prevents `the .sidewalls IS from .being pushed inwardly. Y

v To-.preventfrelative,movementy between -thetwo parts ofthe spool slfmayprovide interlockingfmale -and female parts,.such.as the protuberance I1 `and correspondin gv 'depression z I8 vinto which .the

iformer extends,V when the :spool is assembled.

rThese interlocking parts rnay.l however, be-y omit- :-t,ed,1as:shown;inFigs. l, ISA/and 5. The peripheral flange 8 of the spool-is-crimpedabout .thefedge ofthe'circular side walls or spool-ends I9.

Temporary; spanning bandsV 2i); 12|, 22:2 -may :be inserted Ain'y thev groove at Varying depths, resting .':rforiexampleon the'outermostfshoulder'9 (iFig. '1) fthefnext lower shoulder Ill? (fFig. :2) or'theinner- .'.mostfshoulder l'I I (Eigf) Thesesreadily'removiiablespanning bands maylbe made loffanysuitalcle 1material,-such as metal, plastics, cardboard, etc., Vfand vare preferablyiunited at'Y theirends'as fclearly :shown LAinlig, '5, there vbeing aslit*'23 in one 4end of the spanning band and a correspondingitongue 24 which, 'after `being'passed'through thelsli't, is"A` A`:bent `backuponthe Iband 2!! itself. Fishfline Y25 is shown wound o-n the bands shown in Figs; '1, 3 'and 4, the amounts varying in'in- There also i 4 might be molded either by compression or injection molding. The two parts are exactly alike, and may be, as shown, provided with the outwardly extending boss I'I and the depression I8. Two bosses and two depressions may be provided on each body member. By turning the members either 90 or 180 on their transverse axis, bosses and depressions may be brought into juxtaposition.

The circular side walls I 9 are then placed in position, whereafter the central tubular rivet I6 is pushed through the assembly and then crimped into place. One end of this rivet could be precrimped, as shown in Fig. 6. The peripheral portions 'of the vsideof thebodyjportions are then crimped about the edges ofthe circular side walls, eventuating the completed spool, as, for example,

"shown in Fig. 2.

.'f'Whenmade, for example, from sheet aluminum or from a light colored plastic material, the spools 'constructediin accordance with the present in- .ventionpresentfa.very pleasing appearance, and

`:creasing order.' "In '.Fig. 4 the entire..grooveis,-

AQccupied'by fish-line. 'The bands used arejust'L wide enough comfortably to lie within thegroove .while supported upon opposed.shouldershaving .-.thesame-.diameten It is intended. that the fish- .lineoriginally be wound tightly upon the supporting spanning band, -andthatthe user, after re-A" .moving the line to his reel,may-A then removethe spanning band and thus render the spool cap-able eof receiving Vvthe line at :some future timeyfwith assurance that it may all be woundithereoniwith;.,

,tout -extending 'zbeyondfthe yedges fof :the fspool. fSuitableiindicia"printed upon tliebands mayfgive directions for doing this.

"The spool may befmadeup from'three diierent parts, two oftwotypes, .and onelof another.being.`

Vfrequired. Thus themethod-of assemblycan best be understoodfrom alstudy of'Fig. 6, "'T-woimain y*body :portions Y'i are provided, -beingpreierably 'stamped from Ysome suitable sheet materiahsuch as metal or plastic. If made from the latter, they form a most useful article, as, in counter-distinction" from the old type of fish-line spools, they may be used for rewindingtthe line thereon after re- 'inoval of thev spanning band.

' 'Other means of 'fasteningthewarious partsto- 'gethen such v'as lby riveting', `.the'use :of :suitable fannular shoulders, it is not to .be considered that these must necessarily be a circular'ring.

.I claim: .l.v.A..iish-lin`e.A spool .comprising av cylindrical body portionfprovided .withadeep circumferential ;.groove whoseinterior dimensionsfaredeflned bya series 4Ofsetsof.im'varcvlly stepped'opposedannular shoulders of progressively diminished diameter,

VVVand .areadil-y .removable circumferential band supportedomone of-said setsof opposed-shoulders,

the .removal-.ofzsaid .band v.exposing the entire e depth :of said groove.

`l2. A iish-line -.spool .comprising a cylindrical bodyportion provided with a deep circumferential .groove progressively diminishing in cross-section .and :defined byyopposedv sets :of :inwardly stepped .annular shoulders of progressively diminishing diameter. and having afsubstantially'` semiannular bottom',-and a readily removable band supported onv one of said sets -of 'annularshoulders', the .removal of .said ,band sexposingsaid semi-annular .x'bottomzof the groove.

.-3.A fish-line spool comprising ftwgo .staimried cylindrical'metal shapes having opposed :pairs iof "inwardly fstepped annularshoulders of .progres- -sivelyfdiminished diameters and secured together f'by ia 'centrallyilocated itubular rivet, therebyzproviding between them a deep annular groovebe- Y comingrprogressively land decrementally narrower as itincreases in depth, circular concealing /members secured to 'the outside yof said cylindrical shapesya readily removable lannular' spanning `lband lying-.within said groeve andsupported onV an opposed'pair of shoulders having the same'diamveter, and'opposed internaltruss-likehub'members bearing with their 'ends respectivelyv against the concealing members andA `against eachother,

s whereby inward movement of the ends is effectively prevented.

REYNOLD T. HEDFIELD.

REFERENCES CITED The following references are of record in the le of this patent:

UNITED STATES PATENTS Number Name Date 384,328 Millar June 12, 1888 1,527,478 Harper Feb. 24, 1925 1,591,771 Batchelor July 6, 1926 Number Number 

